Presentation of Greece (1st part)

1. GREECE
OUR COUNTRY

2. LOCATION AND
POPULATION
Greece is located in southeastern
Europe, at the crossroads
of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
It is situated on the southern tip
of the Balkan peninsula and it
shares land borders
with Albania to the northwest,
the Republic of
Macedonia and Bulgaria to the
north and Turkey to the
northeast.
Greece's population is around
10.8 million. Athens is the capital
and largest city, followed
by Thessaloniki, which is
commonly referred to as the co-
capital.

3. REGIONS AND BIG CITIES
Greece consists of
nine geographic
regions: Macedonia, Central
Greece, Peloponnese,
Thessaly, Epirus, Thrace, Crete,
the Aegean Islands and
the Ionian Islands.
The biggest cities are: Athens,
Thessaloniki, Patras, Heraklion,
Larissa and Volos.
Athens is the capital city with a
population of 3 million.

4. CITIES
Thessaloniki,
Northern Greece
Aristotle Square (Up)
The White Tower (Left)

5. Ioannina, Western Greece
Pathway by Pamvotida Lake (Up)
View of Ioannina City (Right)

6. Patras, Southern Greece
Cable-Stayed Bridge of Rio - Antirio
(Up)
Patras port (Right)

7. Nafplio, Southern Greece
City of Nafplio (Right)
Bourtzi Island (Down)

8. Kavala, Northern Greece
Kavala port (Up)
Kavala Castle (Left)